41.   Shackleton did not succeed in that, but at the moment of failure, he accomplished the even greater feat that secured his place in nautical history.

42.   The acquisition made Tosco the largest operator of convenience stores in the U.S. and helped secure more places to sell its gas.

43.   Then again, the vice president may need only to act naturally to secure a place as the leading Democratic candidate for president four years from now.

44.   They were simply one way of securing a place in that hellish hierarchy that defines the wonder years.

45.   Through somewhat roundabout circumstances, he secured a place on the program through the help of a professor of Greek at Harvard.

46.   We carried our catch to the finish line just in time to secure second place.

47.   Which leaves Wilson struggling to secure a place among the Washington candidates and having a tough time not speaking ill of another Republican.

48.   Within a decade she had secured a place in American design history by gaining a commission from the Museum of Modern Art to create a special dinner service.

49.   Wolf appears to be trying to secure his place in the history books as a savvy builder of airlines, not just a long-time foe of labor.

50.   Peres said the peace efforts of his slain predecessor, Yitzhak Rabin, had already borne fruit and that Israel had secured a place in the family of nations.